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Four doctoral degree candidates from three different universities – all of whom are WCU alumni – will form a panel to discuss the process of applying for a doctoral program at 3:45 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, in the Catamount Room of the A.K. Hinds University Center.

Entrepreneurs and owners of existing small businesses will have the opportunity to vie for a share of $7,000 in prize money to help start up or grow their businesses when Western Carolina University hosts the inaugural LEAD:Innovation conference Wednesday, April 22.

Western Carolina University’s Emergency Services Department and Police Department are hosting “Whee Safe,” a series of brown bag discussions throughout the 2015 spring semester designed to provide faculty, staff and students with information on a variety of personal and community public safety topics.

Math enthusiasts on WCU’s campus will get a chance to show their love for pi during a monthlong celebration being held to honor the famous ratio 3.1415 that has fascinated the great minds of the world for thousands of years.

Recent scholarly and creative accomplishments of WCU faculty and staff members will be showcased during the 2015 Faculty Scholarship Celebration that begins with a reception from 4 until 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25, at Hunter Library.

Prospective students will have an opportunity to find out about the array of graduate and professional programs offered through WCU’s Programs at Biltmore Park during an Open House set for Tuesday, Feb. 24.

The Global Spotlight Series sponsored by Western Carolina University’s Department of Political Science and Public Affairs continues this semester with a Monday, March 2, panel featuring four presentations about climate change.

Katya Stanislavskaya heeded the venerable advice to “write what you know,” and the musical she wrote and composed, “Resident Alien,” has won the ninth annual New Musical Award from the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company in Weston, Vt.